Abstract: Disclosed is a technique to use only two phase captures per frequency capture to perform calculations to generate a depth frame (i.e. a total of 4 captures/depth frame). By using only two phase captures, a depth sensing system can reduce power consumption in the phase-ToF sensor, system memory bandwidth, and processor computation.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method. The apparatus includes a single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) circuit configured to detect a photon, including a first input for receiving a first voltage (VSPAD), a second input for receiving a first signal (SHUTTER), a third input for receiving a second voltage (VDD), and an output; a logic circuit configured to latch the detected photon, including a first input connected to the output of the SPAD circuit, a second input for receiving a second signal (TXRMD), and an output; and a pinned photo diode (PPD) circuit configured to record a time of flight (TOF) of the detected photon, including a first input connected to the output of the logic circuit, a second input for receiving a third signal (VTX), a third input for receiving a fourth signal (RST), a fourth input for receiving a third voltage (VPIX), a fifth input for receiving a fifth signal (SEL), and an output.

Abstract: A light beam steering transmissive element with an arbitrarily sized aperture comprising at least one layer of a insulating matrix modified for increased polarizability under electrical, magnetic or optical stimulation, between two or more substrates that can be electrically configured to provide signal modulation (optical, magnetic or electrical) that will control the wavefronts of incident light, thereby taking off-axis electromagnetic signals and aligning them to the aperture of a receiving element positioned near the device, or the reverse, sending signals originating behind the steering device to a variety of user-defined angles in two or more dimensions.

Abstract: The invention provides a rover, which comprises a pole of which lower end indicates a point to be measured, a measurement auxiliary apparatus provided at a predetermined position of the pole, a direction detecting device integrally provided with the measurement auxiliary apparatus and for detecting a direction of the measurement auxiliary apparatus, and an object to be measured provided at a known distance from the lower end of the pole, wherein the measurement auxiliary apparatus comprises a horizontal detecting unit which is supported so as to be rotatable around two shafts orthogonal to each other and detects the tilts in two axial directions, motors provided so as to rotate the shafts, encoders provided respectively on the shafts, and an arithmetic processing component for controlling the motors in such a manner that the horizontal detecting unit becomes horizontal based on a detection result from the horizontal detecting unit, wherein the encoders are configured to detect a rotation amount of each shaft

Abstract: A first apparatus assembles assistance data for a satellite signal based positioning of a device, the assistance data comprising a satellite specific ionospheric model for at least one specific satellite and a time stamp that relates the satellite specific ionospheric model to particular ephemeris data for the at least one specific satellite. The assistance data is provided for transmission. A second apparatus receives the assistance data and computes a position of the device making use of the particular ephemeris data and of the satellite specific ionospheric model.

Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems, apparatuses, methods, products, and other implementations of GNSS repeater systems and methods for improving phase and frequency alignment of RF signals transported through fiber optic communication channels. Acquired RF signals are processed at a remote outdoor unit, where they are digitized, formatted into a CPRI frame, and timestamped. The timestamped CPRI frame is then transported over a fiber optic communication channel to an indoor head end unit. The indoor head end unit extracts timestamp and digitized RF signal from the CPRI frame. The timestamp is then used to synchronize a base transceiver station (BTS) and a precision time protocol (PTP) grand master with the remote outdoor unit.

Abstract: A method of indicating whether a GPS signal received by a vehicle is accurate includes obtaining the GPS signal and calculating position information of the vehicle based on the GPS signal. The method further includes obtaining position information of another vehicle via a broadcast. The method further includes calculating a first distance information to the other vehicle based on the position information of the other vehicle and the position information of the vehicle. The method further includes obtaining a second distance information to the other vehicle via a collision avoidance system on the vehicle. The method further includes comparing the first distance information to the second distance information, and generating an indicator that the vehicle and the other vehicle may have received an inaccurate GPS signal when a result of the comparison is higher than a threshold.

Abstract: A ground radio station (GRS) apparatus and a radio station apparatus included in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are provided. The GRS apparatus may include an antenna configured to transmit and receive a radio frequency (RF) signal, an RF and/or intermediate frequency (IF) (RF/IF) chain configured to perform a conversion between the RF signal and a baseband signal, a baseband transceiving processor configured to transmit and receive the baseband signal, and a BB-IF interface configured to map the baseband signal to the RF/IF chain or the baseband transceiving processor.

Abstract: The purpose is to achieve accurate positioning without calculating an integer bias. A positioning device may include a positioning signal receiver, a triple phase difference calculating module, a triple phase difference adding module, and a positioning module. The positioning signal receiver may detect carrier phases of positioning signals from a plurality of positioning satellites. The triple phase difference calculating module may calculate a triple phase difference based on the carrier phases. The triple phase difference adding module may add the plurality of triple phase differences calculated in different periods. The positioning module may perform relative positioning using an added value of the triple phase differences as an observation value.

Abstract: A method for selecting localization algorithms in a vehicle, wherein the localization algorithms, in particular for satellite navigation or vehicle dynamics sensors, are selected on the basis of driving states.

Abstract: An improved GNSS antenna having an integrated antenna element in combination with a plurality of built-in sources of additional data and/or a plurality of devices for receiving additional information for exchanging the information and transmission of GNSS signals from the antenna element to a GNSS receiver over a single RF cable.

Abstract: A radiation detector includes a plurality of pixels configured to detect radiation, and at least one of the plurality of pixels includes a radiation absorbing layer configured to convert photons incident on the radiation absorbing layer into a first electrical signal, and a photon processor including a plurality of storages configured to count and store the number of the photons based on the first electrical signal. At least one of the plurality of storages is configured to compare the first electrical signal with a first reference value to obtain a second electrical signal, and count and store the number of the photons based on a third electrical signal that is obtained based on a comparison of the second electrical signal with a second reference value.

Abstract: A system (10) for the remote detection of substances, comprising a vehicle (20) that is mobile in space and remote-piloted using a control device (40) with a haptic interface suitable to return a force feedback to a user of the con¬trol device (40), wherein the vehicle (20) is equipped with a position sensor (22) and a sensor (21) for detecting a physical quantity whose intensity de¬pends on the distance of at least one substance present in a detection point located in a vicinity of the position of the vehicle (20).

Abstract: An imaging system (102) includes a detector array (104) with a ring (106) with a first layer (110i) that detects gamma radiation and X-ray radiation and a second layer (110N) that detects only gamma radiation, wherein the first and second layers are concentric closed rings. A method includes detecting gamma radiation with a first layer of a dual layer detector in response to imaging in PET mode, detecting gamma radiation with a second layer of the dual layer detector in response to imaging in PET mode, and generating PET image data with the radiation detected with the first and second layers. The method further includes detecting X-ray radiation with the first layer in response to imaging in CT mode and generating CT image data the radiation detected with the first layer. The method further includes displaying the image data. The imaging system allows a single gantry for both PET/CT imaging.

Abstract: A detector array (112) of an imaging system (100) includes a radiation sensitive detector (202/204/206) configured to detect radiation and generates a signal indicative thereof and electronics (208) in electrical communication with the radiation sensitive detector. The electronics include a current-to-frequency converter (300) configured to convert the signal into a pulse train having a frequency indicative of a charge collected during an integration period. The electronics further include a residual charge collection circuit (322) electrically coupled to current-to-frequency converter. The residual charge collection circuit is configured to store charge collected by the integrator for an end portion of the integration period that does not results in a pulse of the pulse train, utilizing much of the electronics already in the current-to-frequency converter electronics.

Abstract: A silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) based detection system includes a plurality of scintillators, SiPMs, a front end circuit, adjustment circuits, and an energy and position processing unit. The SiPMs have a non-linear response to energy deposition corresponding to radiation detection. The adjustment circuit is configured to receive an analog signal from SiPMs, and to provide an adjusted analog signal, which is configured to simulate a signal corresponding to a linear response. The energy and position processing unit utilizes the adjusted signal to provide energy and position information of detected events in the detector block.

Abstract: A Compton camera system and method for detecting gamma radiation, comprising a gamma radiation source, at least one fast scintillator plate P1 of which the rise time to peak light is less than 1 ns, having a thickness greater than or equal to 5 mm, equipped with an array of segmented photodetectors (5) and a dedicated fast-reading microelectronic means. The system is characterised in that it is capable of measuring the spatial and temporal coordinates (X, Y, Z, T) and energy E at at least two successive positions of a gamma photon when said photon undergoes Compton scattering at a first point A before being absorbed at a second point B, by recognising circles of non-scattered photons corresponding to each scintillation interaction. The system has a module for estimating a valid Compton event. The detection system has two scintillator plates P1 and P2.

Abstract: There is provided a measurement circuit (30) for an x-ray detector (5). The measurement circuit (30) is configured to sample measurement data to generate data points and process the data points before read-out to produce new data points by combining two or more data points which have been acquired at different times such that the number of data points for read-out are less than the number of original data points.

Abstract: A semiconductor photomultiplier (SPM) device is described. The SPM comprises a plurality of photosensitive elements, a first electrode arranged to provide a bias voltage to the photosensitive elements, a second electrode arranged as a biasing electrode for the photosensitive elements, a plurality of quench resistive elements each associated with a corresponding photosensitive element, a plurality of output loads; a first node of each output load is common to one of the photosensitive elements and the corresponding quench element; and a third electrode provides an output signal from the photosensitive elements; the third electrode is coupled to a second node of the respective output loads; the outputs loads fully or partially correct an overshoot of the output signal on the third electrode.

Abstract: Provided are an X-ray apparatus and a method of operating the same. An embodiment provides an X-ray apparatus that displays position information regarding a plurality of X-ray detectors and a method of operating the same. The X-ray apparatus includes a plurality of X-ray detectors, a plurality of mounts to which the plurality of X-ray detectors are mounted, and a work station. The plurality of X-ray detectors include light emitting elements that emit light of colors different from one another, the plurality of mounts include a plurality of light detectors that sense colors of light emitted by the light emitting elements and are disposed apart from one another, respectively. The workstation includes a controller that obtains positional information regarding the plurality of X-ray detectors based on colors of light sensed by the light detectors respectively included in the plurality of mounts.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a smart terminal, including a radioactive detector, a communication device, an interactive device and a processor. The radioactivity detector is configured to detect a radioactive parameter and send a detection value of the radioactive parameter to the processor. The interactive device is configured to receive an operation instruction of a user and send the operation instruction to the processor. The communication device is configured to establish a connection and pair with a mobile terminal having a wireless communication function through a short range wireless communication mode. The processor is configured to establish a mapping between the interactive device of the smart terminal and an interactive device of the mobile terminal, and remotely control the interactive device of the mobile terminal according to the operation instruction received by the interactive device of the smart terminal.

Abstract: A method, including: calibrating a linear rock physics model to well log properties; generating a plurality of pseudo-well models for a subsurface region using a Monte Carlo approach; generating synthetic seismic traces from each of the plurality of pseudo-well models; computing top and base isochron from the synthetic seismic traces; computing seismic attributes in an interval specified by the top and base isochron on the synthetic seismic traces; correlating the seismic attributes to rock properties; and transforming seismic data into low-side, most-likely, and high-side estimates of rock properties.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for estimating faults in a three-dimensional seismic image block. Directrices are generated within respective first cross-sections of the seismic image block based on points selected by a user. Similarly, generatrices are generated within respective second cross-sections of the block based on points selected by the user. The user inputs relationships between directrices and generatrices. A fault is estimated within the seismic image block as a surface including at least one directric and at least one generatrix having a relationship therebetween.

Abstract: A method (1310) for attributing a systems tract to a geological environment, including computing (1314) a shelf break for a geologic environment based at least in part on implicit function values associated with the geologic environment; identifying (1318) sea level variations with respect to geological time for the shelf break; and assigning (1322) at least one systems tract to the geologic environment based at least in part on the sea level variations.

Abstract: Received shot gathers are sorted to a common receiver gather. A target three-dimensional (3D) amplitude spectrum of seismic wavefield direct arrivals is computed from synthetic data. A 3D amplitude spectrum of seismic wavefield direct arrivals in field data is computed for each receiver. A matched filter is calculated from the 3D amplitude spectrum of field data to target response and applied to downgoing seismic wavefields separated from the common receiver gather to generate filtered downgoing seismic wavefields. Time-dependent smoothing of the filtered downgoing seismic wavefields is performed to generate smoothed downgoing seismic wavefields. A cross-correlation is calculated between upgoing seismic wavefields separated from the common receiver gather and the smoothed downgoing seismic wavefields.

Abstract: Some aspects of what is described here relate to seismic data analysis techniques. A seismic excitation is generated in a first directional wellbore section in a subterranean region. A seismic response associated with the seismic excitation is detected in a second directional wellbore section in the subterranean region. A fracture treatment target region in the subterranean region is analyzed based on the seismic response. A fracture propagation model is assessed based on the analysis of the fracture treatment target region. In some cases, the fracture propagation model is assessed in real time during a fracture treatment.

Abstract: Systems and methods for selecting the best logging data for petrophysical modelling and completion optimization by analyzing sensitivity and errors in the logging data.

Abstract: The invention relates to a locating-device probe assembly including a plurality of non-magnetic hollow profile segments which are joinable to form a probe assembly, wherein at least two sensors are installed at a distance in the hollow profile segments, wherein the hollow profile segments include a base profile element made from telescoping partial profile elements that are retractable into and extensible from the base profile element at both ends, wherein at least one respective sensor is located in an end segment of each outermost partial profile element of the partial profiled elements and a cross-sections of the partial profile elements and of the base profile element have a cross-sectional area that is not circular or rotationally symmetrical.

Abstract: A method and system for active cancellation of transient signals and dynamic loop configuration for geophysical exploration is disclosed. The method includes controlling a transmitter to transmit a waveform in a frequency spectrum during an on-time. The transmitter includes a plurality of turns of wire. The method also includes controlling a plurality of switches to direct an electrical signal through the plurality of turns of wire. The plurality of switches electrically coupled to the plurality of turns of wire. The method further includes controlling a switch of the plurality of switches to direct a first portion of a transient current in an opposite direction from a direction of a second portion of the transient current during an off-time.

Abstract: A side-looking Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (“NMR”) logging tool is designed to reduce and/or eliminate a borehole signal. The flipping angle of an RF refocusing pulse or excitation pulse emitted by the logging tool is manipulated to reduce the borehole signal.

Abstract: A multi-frequency sensing system for capacitive, presence-sensing technology incorporated into furniture is provided. Embodiments of the sensing system include at least one capacitive sensor coupled to a furniture item for monitoring an amount of change in capacitance with respect to at least one sensing element coupled to the furniture item. The system further includes a landscape analysis component having a plurality of frequency samplers, which generates an average capacitance change associated with the furniture item. Further, the average capacitance change may be used to determine whether the indication of average capacitance change satisfies a capacitance threshold of the furniture item.

Abstract: A system and associated method for isolating intended radiation signals for determining target characteristics includes multiple detectors for detecting radiation signals having varying energies, delay modules for delaying the detected radiation signals and a discriminator associated with the multiple detectors for determining if detected radiation signals include unintended radiation signals, e.g., x-rays, and provided blanking signals to a switch in order to effectively remove the unintended radiation signals from the data that is presented to the processor for determining target characteristics.

Abstract: A method of detecting presence and location uses sensor data received from a plurality of thermopiles, each thermopile having a different field of view. In response to detecting a change in the sensor data, stored background values for each field of view are accessed and then the location of a body (e.g. a human or animal) is determined based on differences between the sensor data and sensor values predicted using a forward model and the stored background values for each field of view. Having determined the location, the stored background values are updated based on differences between the sensor data and the predicted sensor values for a body at the determined location.

Abstract: Gamma ray logging tools are calibrated using gamma emissions data simulated using Monte Carlo modeling techniques. During the simulation, one or more nuclear activity zones of a formation are modeled and photon counting rates are determined. Using the simulated counting rates, an American Petroleum Institute (“API”) unit sensitivity factor is calculated. The API unit sensitivity factor is then applied to convert real logging tool counting responses into API units.

Abstract: A method for producing a medical device, and a medical device are provided, and the production method includes a step of heating a device together with a solution containing a polymer having the following repeating unit (A) and the following repeating unit (B), or a step of bringing a device into contact with a heated product of a solution containing a polymer having the following repeating unit (A) and the following repeating unit (B): (A) a hydrophilic repeating unit; and (B) a repeating unit having a polyoxyalkylene group in a side chain, the terminal of the side chain being composed of an alkyl group having 5 to 30 carbon atoms, an alkanoyl group having 5 to 30 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process comprising the steps of reacting a reactive mixture comprising at least one silicone-containing component, at least one hydrophilic component, and at least one diluent to form an ophthalmic device having an advancing contact angle of less than about 80°; and contacting the ophthalmic device with an aqueous extraction solution at an elevated extraction temperature, wherein said at least one diluent has a boiling point at least about 10° higher than said extraction temperature.

Abstract: A first coating is provided on a first side of a glass substrate, and a second coating is provided on a second side of the glass substrate, directly or indirectly. The coatings are designed to reduce color change of the overall coated article, from the perspective of a viewer, upon heat treatment (e.g., thermal tempering and/or heat strengthening) and/or to have respective reflective coloration that substantially compensates for each other. For instance, from the perspective of a viewer of the coated article, the first coating may experience a positive a* color value shift due to heat treatment (HT), while the second coating experiences a negative a* color shift due to the HT. Thus, from the perspective of the viewer, color change due to HT (e.g., thermal tempering) can be reduced or minimized, so that non-heat-treated versions and heat treated versions of the coated article appear similar to the viewer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antireflection film. The antireflection film includes a low refractive index layer having excellent alkali resistance and exhibiting remarkably improved mechanical properties such as scratch resistance and impact resistance as well as reduction of a glare phenomenon, and a base film exhibiting excellent mechanical strength and water resistance in spite of a thin thickness and having no fear of interference fringes occurring. Therefore, such antireflection film can be used as a protective film of a polarizing plate or used as any other component so as to provide a thin display device, and furthermore, can effectively prevent the glare phenomenon of the display device, and can more improve the durability and lifespan thereof.

Abstract: An optical member is provided with a substrate and a Cu-proof protective layer formed on or above the substrate.

Abstract: A hydrophilic multilayer film is provided on a substrate, the hydrophilic multilayer film having a multilayer film layer in which at least two kinds of layers having different refractive indices are laminated in order from the substrate side such that at least one or more of each kind of layer are laminated; and a hydrophilic thin film layer provided on the surface of the multilayer film layer. The multilayer film layer has one or more photocatalyst layers, and one layer of the photocatalyst layers is provided adjacently to the hydrophilic thin film layer. The hydrophilic thin film layer has a columnar structure having gaps extending between the top surface of the hydrophilic multilayer film and the face adjacent to the photocatalyst layer, and one or more of the photocatalyst layers included in the multilayer film layer has an oblique columnar structure including gaps oblique to the thickness direction.

Abstract: A diffuser including opposing structured first and second major surfaces is described. The first major surface includes a first plurality of surface structures providing a uniform first haze. The second major surface includes a first portion adjacent an edge and a second portion adjacent the first portion. The first portion includes a first region and a second region between the first region and the second portion. The second major surface includes a second plurality of surface structures providing a uniform second haze over the second portion and providing a third haze in the first portion. The third haze in the first region is higher than the second haze, and the third haze in the second region is monotonically decreasing. The second portion has a surface area of at least 90 percent of a surface area of the second major surface.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices and techniques related to optical diffusers and particularly, diffusers to reduce moiré patterns in a projected image. The device may comprise an array of micro-focal elements or reflectors and a light polarization grid. The light polarization grid configured to change a polarization between portions of a light beam and the micro-focal elements of reflectors to diffuse the light beam such that portions of the light beam having a difference in polarization may meet at a point.

Abstract: The present application discloses a prism sheet and a method for producing the same, a backlight module and a VR display apparatus. The prism sheet includes a substrate which has a light incidence surface and a light exit surface, the light incidence surface and the light exit surface being respectively arranged on a first side and a second side of the substrate opposed to each other, a plurality of pits are provided on the light incidence surface and spaced apart from each other, and each of the pits includes an opening portion, a bottom portion and an inclined wall portion connecting the opening portion with the bottom portion, the opening portion forming an opening which has an area greater than the area of the bottom portion of the pit.

Abstract: Provided is a silver reflector capable of maintaining a high reflectivity achieved by using silver even under a hot and humid environment, wherein a film stress can be suppressed and a face deformation of an optical surface can be reduced, and a manufacture method therefor. A film stress after a reflection film is formed is within a range of +100 MPa to ?100 MPa, and a film stress after the reflection film is subjected to a hot and dry environment at 110° C. for 24 hours and a film stress after the reflection film subjected to the environment is subjected to a hot and humid environment at 85° C. and 85% RH for 24 hours are within a range of +100 MPa to ?100 MPa, and also an absolute value of a change amount between the former and latter film stress values is 40 MPa or lower.

Abstract: A battery powered deposition system and process for applying aluminum, silver, and SiO films (and their derivatives such as aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride and silicon dioxide) especially for making broadband reflective coatings for mirrors. One or more filaments are wetted with a filament wetting material such as aluminum or a silver alloy. In a preferred embodiment filaments are heated quickly to a high temperature with an array of batteries and the filament wetting material is deposited as a reflective coating on the mirror.

Abstract: An optical display device (600, 700) is disclosed. A diffractive optical element (618, 718) is mounted on a substrate (611, 711). The diffractive optical element comprises a blazed grating (619, 719) and a remnant layer (617, 717) which is formed of the same polymer-based material as the blazed grating. The remnant layer (617, 717) is positioned adjacent the substrate (611, 711) and a refractive index mismatch is provided between the two. The depth of the remnant layer is selected so that light diffracted by the grating and light reflected by the interface re-combine and interfere constructively for selected angles of incidence in order to undergo thin-film interference.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a grating layer inside or outside the display panel. The display panel includes R pixels, G pixels and B pixels. The grating layer includes a R grating region, a G grating region and a B grating region; along a direction from a center of a central area of the view field of the display device to a non-central area of the view field, each of grating periods of the R, G and B grating regions gradually decreases; and lights emitted from positions of the display device corresponding to the R pixel, the G pixel and the B pixel are emitted respectively along straight lines formed by the position of the R pixel and the viewer, formed by the position of the G pixel and the viewer and formed by the position of the B pixel and the viewer.

Abstract: The optical element has transmissivity in a first direction, and includes a plurality of first members each having a first surface that forms an element of first information. The first surface faces a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is a security film, including: a substrate layer, a nano-wire grid polarizer layer having a line grid pattern, and at least one information identification layer, wherein the substrate layer, the nano-wire grid polarizer layer and the information identification layer are stacked so that at least one information identification layer is provided in at least one position selected from among a position on an outer surface of the substrate layer, a position between the substrate layer and the nano-wire grid polarizer layer, and a position on an outer surface of the nano-wire grid polarizer layer. This invention can provide a high-dimensional information storage medium by combining a nano-wire grid polarization film, manufactured via a nano-imprinting process, with various security elements, making it possible to enhance security against illegal counterfeiting and copying.

Abstract: According to some embodiments a method of assembling an optical system comprises steps of: measuring retardance profiles of a plurality of optical elements, relatively positioning the optical elements in relative orientations that enhance complementarity between the retardance profiles of the optical elements, and securing the combinations of relatively oriented optical elements together, to control or minimize the combined retardance of the stacked optical elements.